Court Resolves Patent Dispute over Baseball Chest Protector

A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has concluded that a sporting goods company infringed upon the patent held by another sporting goods company when it sold a baseball chest protector that incorporates shoulder guards to protect the top and back areas of a catcher's shoulders from deflected baseballs.   Plaintiff Everything Baseball Limited, LLC was assigned the patent in July of 2000. Shortly thereafter, EBL agreed to its own licensing agreement with Defendant Team Athl